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customs offices are delaying customs clearance and increasing the cost of business," said Khanal. There are customs offices in Birgunj (Parsa), Sunsari and Bhairahawa (Butwal) that fall under the Tarai-based road projects. "We decided to include the Surya Binayak-Dhulikhel route as it will encourage people to settle outside the Kathmandu Valley," Khanal added. Source: www.ekantipur.com Date: December 8, 2009
WFP to cut food aid UN World Food Program (WFP) is facing a critical funding shortfall and is forced to make a ration cuts to 600,000 food-for-work beneficiaries starting this December. Unless the WFP manages to raise $20 million to cover the needs for the next three months, more cut in the ration is expected. "With the lean season approaching and Nepal facing its largest cereal deficit in decades, WFP no longer has the funds to maintain this vital safety net," Richard Ragan, WFP representative in Nepal, said in a statement. "At a time when WFP should be scaling up food assistance to protect the hungry population, a dire funding shortfall is forcing us to dramatically scale down," said Ragan adding that WFP is doing its best to raise the nearly $7 million needed each month to maintain current levels of assistance under this program. From December 2009 to December 2010, WFP needs $83 million to maintain food assistance to 1.6 million people currently covered under its food/cash-for-work program. Source: www.myrepublica.com Date: December 8, 2009
Labour attachĂŠs to be appointed The government has set a target to dispatch labour attachĂŠs to seven additional countries within 20 days -- Kuwait, Japan, Hong Kong, Israel, South Korea, Bahrain and Oman. Minister for Labour and Transport Management Mohamad Aftab Alam said that the preparation to appoint labour attachĂŠs and send them to their posts was going smoothly. "If the Labour Ministry receives good support from all the concerned stakeholders, we will be able to complete the task in the next 20 days," he added.
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